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mass: The quantity of matter
contained by an object, regardless of
its shape, state, or composition. It is
important not to confuse mass with
weight, since weight is the force
exerted on an object by gravity. A
person who weighs 120 pounds on
Earth, for example, would weigh only
20 pounds in the weaker gravity of
the Moon. Yet his or her mass would
remain the same.